5/240 as a Decimal

5/240 as a decimal expansion provides the detailed information about what is 5/240 in decimal form, and the answer with steps help students to easily understand how it is being calculated.

5/240 as a Decimal
5/240 = 0.0208
Hence,
5/240 as a decimal equals to 0.0208
where,
5/240 is a given fraction,
The decimal expansion of 5/240 is 0.0208

5/240 as a Mixed Number
The given fraction 5/240 can't be represented as a mixed number since the numerator 5 of the given fraction is smaller than the denominator 240.

The below work with steps provide the detailed information about how to convert fraction 5/240 as a decimal equivalent.
step 1 Address the input parameters and observe what to be found:
Input values:
The fraction = 5/240

What to be found:
Find the decimal expansion of fraction 5/240.

step 2 The numerator is smaller than the denominator of the fraction 5/240, so find how many 10s should be multiplied with both numerator and denominator. Since the denominator is having 2 more digits than the numerator, multiply 1000 with both numerator and denominator of 5/240.
= 5/240 x 1000/1000

step 3 Rearrange the fraction as like the below:
= 1000 x 5/240 x 1/1000
= 5000/240 x 1/1000

step 4 Simplify the above expression further:
= 5000/240 x 1/1000
= 4800 + 200/240 x 1/1000
= ( 4800/240 + 200/240) x 1/1000
= (20 + 200/240 ) x 1/1000

step 5 Repeat the step 2 to find the decimal equivalent for the fraction 200/240 in the above expression:
= (20 + 200/240 ) x 1/1000
= (20 + 0.833) x 1/1000

step 6 Simplify the above expression further:
= (20 + 0.833) x 1/1000
= 20.833 x 1/1000
= 20.833/1000
5/240= 0.020833

Hence,
5/240 as a decimal is 0.020833